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Applying for Work

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There may be different ways to apply for different occupations and jobs. Most employers will expect you to fill in an application form or send them a résumé and cover letter. If they are interested in your qualifications, they may contact you for a job interview.

Identify Your Skills

When you look at work options, think about what skills you have that you may be able to apply to the jobs. When you apply for a job, employers use the following to decide if you have the skills for the job:

Your résumé

Your cover letter

A job interview

Reference checks

You can prepare better if you understand:

The skills and experience you have to offer; and

What the employer and job needs are.

Consider the skills you have developed formally through education or training. Describe your skills as clearly as you can. You should also list all the skills you’ve learned informally from such things as volunteer work and other experiences. For example, you may have:

Learned how to budget by managing your household expenses; or

Learned how to organize special events by volunteering with a community association.

Some skills, like how to operate specific equipment, can be learned on the job or through training. Other skills are harder to teach, so employers may want to hire people who already have them. These are basic skills that can be used in many different occupations, and are known by several different names - employability skills, transferable skills or essential skills.

Here are a few of the essential skills that Saskatchewan employers look for:

Locating Your Job Level in the Matrix

Use the first three numbers in your NOC code to locate your occupation on the NOC Matrix 2011.

Examples:

NOC 0 063 means your job (063) is in level 0.

NOC A 217 means your job (217) is in level A.

NOC B 122 means your job (122) is in level B.

NOC C 341 means your job (341) is in level C.

NOC D 661 means your job (661) is in level D.

If your job is a Designated Trade in Saskatchewan, but does not meet the NOC level 0, A or B, it will still meet the SINP job criteria in the International Skilled Worker category and Student sub-category.

Occupations in Skill Types 1 through to 9 are classified under Skill levels A, B, C or D. The second digit of the NOC code represents the level as follows: A = 0 and 1; B = 2 and 3; C = 4 and 5 and D = 6 and 7.

Management occupations which cut across all Skill Types are included in Skill Level A.

Recognizing Your Professional Credentials in Saskatchewan

If you want to work in an occupation where you need to be licensed or certified in Saskatchewan, please contact the provincial, national and/or industrial regulatory association before you apply for nomination to confirm that you will be able to meet licensing or certification requirements. Before nomination, the SINP will contact the appropriate regulatory body to verify that you are able to work in your occupation.

Medical professions (requiring licensing or certification): you must apply under the SINP Health Professions sub-category.

Regulated and Non-regulated Occupations: For information on regulated and non-regulated occupations in Saskatchewan and Canada, visit the following pages: